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The State of Maryland Anne Arundel
County to Wit I hereby Certify to all whom it doth or may concern that on an Examination of the Records and papers in the Office of the Register of Wills for Anne Arundel County it appears that the last Will and Testament of Rezin Hammond late of the County aforesaid, deceased, bearing date the tenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Eight was proved and recorded in the said office on the Eighteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and nine in Liber J. G. N.o 2 folio 469 and that the said Rezin Hammond by his said Will among other things did devise and direct that all the rest and remainder of his Slaves (not previously disposed of by his said Will) together with their increase should be Liberated manumitted and set free as they should respectively arrive to the age of thirty years And I Do Further Certify That it hath been proved by such Testimony as is satisfactory to me that the Bearer hereof negro Davy whose height is about five feet Eight and a fourth inches; whose age is about thirty two years; whose complexion is Dark; and who as appears by the said Will and Testimony became free on the twenty ninth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twenty nine is the identical person who was manumitted or freed as aforesaid and that the said negro Davy was raised in Anne Arundel County In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my office this 23.rd (Seal) day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one Thomas T. Simmons Reg.r Wills A. A. County The State of Maryland Anne Arundel County to Wit I hereby certify to all whom it doth or may concern that on an Examination of the Records and papers in the office of the Register of Wills for Anne Arundel County it appears that the last Will and Testament of Sarah Cord late of the County aforesaid, deceased, bearing date the tenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and four was proved and Recorded in the said office on the Eight day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen in Liber T. H. N.o 1 folio 42 and that the said Sarah Cord by his said will among other things did devise and direct that her negro boy by the name of Elias should be free when he should arrive to the age of Twenty five years And I do further certify that it hath been proved by such Testimony as is satisfactory to me that the Bearer hereof negro Elias whose height is about five feet Eight and one fourth inches; whose age is about twenty Eight years; whose complexion is light; and who as appears by the said Will and Testimony became free sometime in the year of Eighteen hundred and twenty Eight |
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